By Florida Catholic staff - Florida Catholic
![Father Marcos Somarriba, pastor of St. Agatha Parish, leads the procession of students with a new statue of St. Agatha that was blessed and placed in the school building.](https://www.miamiarch.org/Atimo_s/articles_images/imported/1491013583603.jpg)
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Father Marcos Somarriba, pastor of St. Agatha Parish, leads the procession of students with a new statue of St. Agatha that was blessed and placed in the school building.
MIAMI | St. Agatha finally took her place in the hallway of her namesake school in Miami. On Sept.5, Father Marcos Somarriba, pastor of St. Agatha Church, compared the patron saint of the parish and school with Mother Teresa of Calcutta, whose day was also celebrated at the Friday Mass.
![St. Agatha School Principal Maria Glass (left) with Assistant Principal Patricia Hernandez in front of the new statue of St. Agatha that was blessed and placed in the school building.](https://www.miamiarch.org/Atimo_s/articles_images/imported/149101483976.jpg)
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St. Agatha School Principal Maria Glass (left) with Assistant Principal Patricia Hernandez in front of the new statue of St. Agatha that was blessed and placed in the school building.
"We are so grateful to the Home and School Association for this very generous donation,� said Maria Glass, principal of St. Agatha School.
![Father Marcos Somarriba stands with the new statue of St. Agatha.](https://www.miamiarch.org/Atimo_s/articles_images/imported/1491014733936.jpg)
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Father Marcos Somarriba stands with the new statue of St. Agatha.